12 Days of Christmas Crafts - Day 6 - Santa Hairbows

There are several steps to this hairbow, but they turn out super cute making it all worth it!

Supplies:
wide red grosgrain ribbon
white grosgrain ribbon
peach or pink grosgrain ribbon
small wiggle eyes
small red pom-poms
white pom-poms
white yarn
hair clips

Start by covering the hairclip with the peach or pink ribbon.

Next, cut 12 pieces of white ribbon 3 inches long.

Then cut one piece of red ribbon 2.5 inches long.

Fold each of the white ribbons in half and hot glue at the top.

Then start gluing the white ribbons on to form a beard. I glued 8 loops down and then put 4 on top to make it more 3-dimensional.

Next, cut the wide piece of ribbon like below, fold it down and glue.

Glue it onto the Santa face.

Glue a white piece of ribbon along the bottom of the hat to make the brim.

Next, cut two pieces of yarn about 1 inch long and tie together with a third piece.  This makes the mustache.

Glue a white pom-pom on his hat and the wiggle eyes and that's it!!

12 Days of Christmas Crafts - Day 5 - Burlap Gift Tags

I decided to make my gift tags this year.  This is one design I made, I'll share the other later on in this series.

Supplies:
burlap
buttons
ribbon
card stock cut out in the shape you want for your tag
gold paint

Start by gluing down the tags to the burlap.  I used tacky glue and sat books on top of them overnight.

The next day, I cut them all out.

Half of them I glued ribbon and buttons on.

The other half, I painted gold polka-dots on.

Here are all my tags complete!  I added a grommet on each of the holes to make them more decorative.

12 Days of Christmas Crafts - Day 4 - Baby Jesus in the Manger

I saw this years ago in a store somewhere and thought...I could make there.  A few years later and I'm finally making them!

Supplies:
small grapevine wreaths
'straw'
small wood stars
small wood beads
wire
cream felt
gold paint

I started by drilling a small hole in each star and painting them gold.

Then I wrap the wire around a pencil to make it spiral and attached one side to the wreath.

Once the stars were dry I twisted them onto the middle of the wire in the middle, did another spiral on the other side and attached to the wreath.

Next, I made the Baby Jesus.

This is where things get a little messy!!  I balled up a little bit of the 'straw' and hot glued it onto the wreath.

Then just glue the Baby Jesus in and these are ready to hang on your tree!

12 Days of Christmas Crafts - Day 3 - Christmas Tree Hairbow

Here's a simple little girl hair bow for Christmas!

Supplies:
green grosgrain ribbon
red thin ribbon
hairclips

Start by covering the hairclip.

Next cut 6 pieces of green ribbon 2 inches long for each hairbow.

Fold each piece of ribbon in half and glue together at the top.

Then just glue onto hairclip forming a tree.

Tie a simple red bow and glue to the top.

This is a quick simple hairbow!!